Pure psychiatric harm: who is a primary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Psychiatric harm – Negligence Main arguments in this case: Who is a primary victim in psychiatric harm? In terms of psychiatric harm, a… Read more »
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Pure psychiatric harm: who is a secondary victim?
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – Negligence – psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: Who is a secondary victim in psychiatric harm? Before we… Read more »
Swinney v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police (1999)
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Duty of care – Negligence – Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: In some circumstances it is possible that the police owe… Read more »
Bourhill v Young (1943): foreseeability and duty of care.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Foreseeability – Psychiatric harm Main arguments in this case: A defendant can only be liable if the rule of foreseeability is… Read more »
Pure psychiatric harm: what is it?
A pure psychiatric harm is a special form of negligence which causes a person to suffer mental anguish, or has the potential to inflict such mental harm without causing any… Read more »
White v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (1998): psychiatric harm and rescuers.
Areas of applicable law: Tort law – Negligence – Psychiatric harm. Main arguments in this case: Can a rescuer be entitled to claim for psychiatric harm? The fact of the… Read more »
Page v Smith (1996): Foreseeability and psychiatric harm.
“Page v Smith” is a landmark and authoritative case in the realm of tort law, specifically in situations involving negligence leading to psychiatric harm suffered by the victim. Areas of… Read more »
Hicks v Chief Constable of South Yorkshire [1992] All ER 65 House of Lords
Fear is not a medically recognised condition and does not qualify for compensation for psychiatric harm. 19 years old Sarah and 15 years old Victoria Hicks were sisters who were… Read more »